October 12th/13th 2011, Murska Sobota

DERREG FINAL CONFERENCE

Rural Development and Globalization: Scientific Perspective

The Global Environment and Rural Sustainable Development

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The Global Environment and Rural Sustainable Development

Consequences for the development of rural areas in the rise of global environmental discourse: •

Traditional industries such as mining, as well as industrialized productivist agriculture, have come under scrutiny for their wider environmental impact.

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Infrastructural projects such as new roads and airports that have formed key parts of top-down development strategies have been similarly discredited for contributing to global carbon emissions.

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Local conflicts over commercial forestry, mining, or oil and gas pipelines have been amplified into global causes, involving transnational environmental campaigners.

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Sustainable development in rural areas has been identified as part of the solution to global environmental crises, especially the development of renewable energy production.

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FP7 project DERREG – Developing Europe‘s Rural Regions in the Era of Globalization

Case study areas and involved project partners

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Media analysis: basis for investigation in the case study areas case study area

Eastern Saxony

name of newspaper URL

circulation (daily/weekly)

readership

ca. 266 000 (daily)

ca. 731 000

ca. 155 000 (daily)

ca. 500 000

ca. 16 000 (weekly)

ca. 65 000

ca. 320 000 (daily)

ca. 1 000 000

ca. 24 800 (weekly)

ca. 150 000

ca. 18 240 (weekly)

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ca. 12 100 (weekly)

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ca. 8 000 (weekly)

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ca. 9 100 (weekly)

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Sächsische Zeitung www.sz-online.de

Saarland

Saarbrücker Zeitung www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de

Pomurska

Vestnik www.pomurje.si

South Moravia

Mladá Fronta Dnes www.idnes.cz

Connacht Tribune www.galwaynews.ie/connachttribune

Western People www.westernpeople.ie

Champion

West of Ireland

www.sligochampion.ie

Weekender www.sligoweekender.ie

Roscommon Herald www.roscommonherald.com

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climate protection climate change

Air/Climate

air pollution

Media analysis: Saarbrücker Zeitung, category: Air/Climate

2008 4 22

2001 13 9

2008

142

2001

21

2008

192

50

98

118

2001 2 8

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saving of energy energy consumption

Energy

renewable energy

Media analysis: Saarbrücker Zeitung, category: Energy

2008

39

2001

20

18

2008

12

26

2001

16

11

6

2008

38

2001

13

0

38

13

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

num ber of articles of w hich local new s

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climate protection climate change

Air/Climate

air pollution

Media analysis: Sächsische Zeitung, category: Air/Climate

2008 1 27 9

2000

19 21

2008 6

200

95

2000 8 24

2008 12

311

90

2000 4 19

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50

100

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300

350

400

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of w hich local new s

of w hich general new s

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saving of energy energy consumption

Energy

renewable energy

Media analysis: Sächsische Zeitung, category: Energy

2008 2

2000

62

27

4

2008 1

2000

23

82

13

10 13

2008 3

2000

136

20

73

29

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100

150

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250

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Documentary analysis: Overview of selected planning documents Case Study Area Eastern Saxony

Saarland

West of Ireland

South Moravia

Pomurska

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Name of planning document, year of publication  Regionalplan Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien, 2002 [Regional plan] 

Erste Gesamtfortschreibung des Regionalplans OberlausitzNiederschlesien, 2009 [first general update of regional plan]

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Landesentwicklungsplan Umwelt (Flächenvorsorge für Freiraumfunktionen, Industrie und Gewerbe), 1980 [Development plan „environment (provision of areas for recreation, industry and trade)“]

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Landesentwicklungsplan, Teilabschnitt “Umwelt (Vorsorge für Flächennutzung, Umweltschutz und Infrastruktur)”, 2004 [Development plan, section “environment (provision of land use, environmental protection and infrastructure)“]

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BMW (Border, and Western region) Operational Programme 20002006, 2001

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BMW (Border, and Western region) Operational Programme 20072013, 2009

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Development Programme for the South Moravian Region 20022006, 2002

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Development Strategy for the South Moravian Region, 2007

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Regional Development Programme of Pomurska region 2000+, 2002

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Regional Development Programme of Pomurska region 2007 – 2013, 2007

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Interviews with regional stakeholders: Actors having influence on the formation of opinions concerning environmental and nature protection Eastern Saxony  local/regional media  associations for nature conversation  citizens’ initiatives  mayors and local politicians  powerful individuals

Saarland  environmental NGOs (such as BUND or NABU)  local actors (such as farmers, hunters, forest wardens and associations)  State Ministry of the Environment  Saarpfalz district  Politicians

Pomurska

West of Ireland

South Moravia

 citizens’ initiatives

 regional development groups

 environmental NGOs

 local/ regional clubs and societies

 citizens initiatives  local authorities

 Dolní Morava Biosphere Reserve

 Individuals

 national, regional and local media sources

 Ecological Institute Veronika

 European Commission

 Media

 local/ regional media  mayors/ local politicians  experts/ professionals

 industrial actors  forestry sector  environmental NGOs (such as Greenpeace or Friends of the Earth)

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Work package 3 - Summary of main results

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Across our five case study regions there is clearly a divergence of outcomes that points to the significance of regional differentiation and mediation.

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Discourses of global environmental problems that appear to call for local action are mediated and adapted to local environment situations and concerns as they are disseminated through regional media.

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The media in turn influences the development of regional policies and plans in which global discourses are translated into regional strategies and objectives.

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Finally the implementation of regional initiatives for sustainable development involves negotiation with various local actors, for whom global concerns may feel very different and less important than pressing local economic needs.

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In these ways, sustainable development is a regionally differentiated outcome of the negotiated and contested reproduction of the global through local place.

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Potential Sectors of the Rural Eco-Economy according to KITCHEN and MARSDEN (2009)

Agriculture Forestry

Countryside, landscape and biodiversity

Agri-food

Renewable and alternative energy

ECO ECONOMY

Mining and quarrying

Tourism Coastal and inland waterways

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Traditional Rural Economy according to KITCHEN and MARSDEN (2009) adapted from VAN

Traditional Rural Economy

Mobilisation of resources

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PLOEG et al. (2002)

Rural Eco-Economy according to KITCHEN and MARSDEN (2009) adapted from VAN

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PLOEG et al. (2002)

Rural Eco-Economy Mobilisation of resources REGROUNDING Energy production, Events, Heritage, Information and communication technologies, Equine Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde

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Example of DEEPENING economic activities within the case study regions

Diši po Prekmurju (Scent of Prekmurje) Main activity: Production and marketing of distinguished local products

Sources: http://www.finance.si; http://web.vecer.com (26.1.2011)

Advertising poster of Diši po Prekmurju; selection of regional products sold under the trademark Diši po Prekmurju Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde

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Example of BROADENING Broadening economic activities within the case study regions Nachhaltiges Bergwiesenmanagement im Zittauer Gebirge (Sustainable management of mountain meadows in the Zittau Mountains) Main activity: Sustainable utilization and preservation of grasslands in mountain areas

Sources: http://www.dbu.de; http://www.netsci.de; (10.01.2011)

Mountain scenery at the Zittauer Mountains; study area Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde

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Regrounding Example of REGROUNDING economic activities within the case study regions Bürger-Energie Zittau-Görlitz eG (Citizens’ energy cooperative in Zittau and Görlitz) Main activity: Installation and operation of solar panels on roofs of public and private buildings in the Lausitz region

Source: http://www.buerger-energie-zittau-goerlitz.de, 20.10.2010

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Photovoltaics on a roof in the City of Löbau operated by the registered cooperative BürgerEnergie Zittau-Görlitz eG

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Thank you for your attention.

Prof. Dr. Joachim Burdack Dipl.-Geograph Michael Kriszan Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography Schongauerstr.9 D-04328 Leipzig Phone: +49 (0) 341 / 600 55 0 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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